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Portuguese
unha-de-cavalo
Catalan
pota de cavall

Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly.

        unha-de-cavalo
        1
        In early spring the banks are studded with yellow celandine, coltsfoot and primrose.
        The Guardian
        2
        The song died away under the leaves of the coltsfoot.
        The Adventures of Maya the Bee
        3
        Nearby there was also coltsfoot and several kinds of ferns that had flavorful roots.
        The Plains of Passage
        4
        Behind him, small yellow coltsfoot stood out as bright as luminaries on the Earth.
        Dogsbody
        5
        I used coltsfoot before, but not the ashes.
        The Land of Painted Caves